Great Lake Swimmers know their lane and stay in it during their most recent LP, A Forest of Arms. That lane is aptly described by the album’s title; triumphant and scenic, the band sticks to that aesthetic for album’s entirety. The Toronto-based band members presently include Tony Dekker (vocals, guitar), Erik Arnesen (banjo, guitar), Joshua…
Double act author A J Rich (Amy Hempel and Jill Ciment) build on themes introduced in the classic 18th-century French novel Les Liaisons dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, also known as Dangerous Liaisons. I’ve seen the 1988 film version and the play – both are fascinating – so I had high hopes for The Hand That Feeds…
With backing from Forest Whitaker and Pharrell Williams (the man responsible for the huge global hit “Happy”), this is one of the season’s hot new movies. It was a critical hit and audience favourite at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival, and an official selection at this year’s Cannes International Film Festival Directors’ Fortnight. DOPE centres…
Of Mice and Men, is an adaptation for the theatre of a 1937 novella of the same name, both written by John Steinbeck. The original production won Best Play in 1938 from the New York Drama Critics Award, and since has been adapted many times for other mediums – radio, television, opera and twice for…
– Holding the Man – Only in cinemas from 27 August 2015 We have 5 double in-season passes thanks to Transmission Films. *(Tickets valid in Australia only)* Watch the trailer HERE Tim and John fell in love at their all boys high-school while both were teenagers. John was captain of the football team. Tim…
Guy Ritchie is a polarising figure in the world of cinema. Just about everyone you care to talk to will say they love his early work – Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) and Snatch (2000) – but he then blotted his copybook with the widely-panned 2002 misadventure Swept Away, starring then-wife Madonna. But…
I unashamedly love the way Woody Allen weaves such colourful and engaging stories on screen and also generates some great acting performances. This one concerns an alcohol-riddled, womanising, professor of philosophy called Abe (Joaquin Phoenix), held in the highest regard for his academic achievements, but who has lost all meaning in his life. That is…
I could watch Carol Burns paint a fence and enjoy the experience. She is such a great character creator she could make anything work. So it was with the monumental task of playing Winnie in this Beckett absurdist piece. She speaks a 90 minute monologue buried from the waist down in Act One and up…
OK, I want you to stop for a moment and imagine a TV show that combines Harry Potter, Jane Austen and The Walking Dead. If you can get your head around that, you’ll have some idea what to expect from Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell. This sumptuously made mini-series (7 episodes in total) is an…
The official soundtrack to StalkHer, the new Australian movie starring John Jarratt (Wolf Creek 1 & 2) has been released and is now available via Remote Control Records.OK The film’s title track is performed by Wishful, whose members include Memphis & Maddy Kelly – the daughters of the film’s lead actress and co-director Kaarin Fairfax and…
